Improvement in cotton-presses



tracoma l ilrii sont jTo all 'whom it 'may concern.- l. Y Be it knownthatI, RHODOM M. BROOKS, of U. S., .inthecountyof Pikeandgin the State.of Georgia, y have invented certain new and `useful Improvements nffR.M. Brooks Improved Wood and Iron Pin l, Cotton-Screw; and do hereby'.`declare that the following is afull, clear, `and exact descriptionthereof, ,l reference being hadto the accompanying; drawing and `to theletters ofrreference `marliedthereon making a r f `partofgtbisspecification; The `nature of l my inveutionconsists in the constructionand arrangement of.a cottonpress, as will be hereinafter fully setforth..` 1

my invention appertains to` make and use the same, `I will now proceedto describe its construction and `opl 1eration,reierringxto the annexeddrawing, in which-'- 1` Figure 1`is a longitudinal vertical sectionv ofmy 1 cotton-press;` l l o l Figure 2 is aside view `of a portion of thesame; andf f Figure 3` isa cross-section-of thesame. s r

The frame frthe press consists of a bottom tim- Nher, A, -andtoirtimben, "connected,` near each end, by `means ot';two bars, O 3C,dovetailed and'wedged into thetop and `bottom1,timbers, as shown iniig'. l. r i A r'odfl), near` each` endQfwiti/l nuts, furthe1"`connectls and strengthens the frame. l l 0n the bottom timberEAis` placedthe bedl E of the y ho'x F,fsaid box being' suitably` braced and'securedto "the frame.. y r `1 "Ihetop `timber `B `is :to beesolid when an ironscrew isused, and a nut, G, inserted in its underside; but when. awooden screw istus`e`d, itis to `be made in two piecesandtln'eadedforgthe passage of the wooden `zscrew.` H .l l .H is `thefollower,` which is" raised and lowered by means of the screw I, saidscrew passing through the l top timberB, (andthrouglrthc nntG, it' .thescrew is made of iron.)r r r l l 1 "ln order to` enableothersfskilled inthe art to whichl "glnovnofn M. BROOKS, or U. GEORGIA.

ftetteratet No. 112,413, aatednareh 7, 1871.

`IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PRESSES.V

4 l Schednle referredrto in `these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

it will be noticed that the box and nut G revolve aty the same time,which is a new and very important feature.

When a wooden'screw is used, then the uut is formed in thelongitudinally-bisected top timber B, as above mentioned, and astationary beam, L, is used for guiding the same.

Ou top of the wooden screw is placed a-l stationary lever, M, confinedto the screw by a feather, d, enteringin the groove on the screw. t

lhis lever is provided, at its outer end, with a rope, to be attached toa stationary object, for the purpose ofv holding the piu while the boxrevolves. l

Having thus fully described my invention, \Vhat l claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is l. In the cotton-press hereindescribed, the lever M and rope, in combination with the screw I, asshown and described, for the purposesset forth.

2. The arrangement oli' the bed`E ot' the bale-box upon a single bottomtimbelyA, as herein set forth.

3. .lhe combination ofthe screw 1 with one or more longitudinal grooves,a, collar J withone or more feathers, b. with o'r without the driver K,nut G,

and top tilnber, all substantially as and for the pur- Witnesses:

C.. L. Evnm, Y I. E. Moss.

